Yesterday, I shared the steps with you that I use to make a pretty fair-decent facsimile of a hand-tinted print using my favorite toy, Photoshop. The photo that I used was very badly composed, so I thought it would make a good shot to experiment with.
Here's what you can do with this technique when you use a nicer shot to start out:
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Here's what you can do with this technique when you use a nicer shot to start out:
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One technique I use is to marquee the focal image and copy it to a new layer. Then I blur the background.
The result is a dreamy Bokeh effect.
I was pretty heavy-handed with the outline effect on the two that I posted. I wanted to make sure that it was obvious, and I probably went a little too heavy. In order to actually create a print that would be authentic looking, a lighter touch would be better ;-)